Audie Murphy and the Breakthrough of the Siegfried Line in March 1945

A excerpt from Alex Kershaw's book "Four Brave Men" (Czterech zuchwałych) describes the US 3rd Infantry Division's assault on the Siegfried Line in March 1945. Soldiers faced concrete bunkers, dragon's teeth obstacles and elite Waffen-SS grenadiers defending the last major barrier before the Reich's heartland. Audie Murphy, one of the most decorated US soldiers of World War II, is the central figure.

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